May 25, 2013
e4rleb1rd: physicsphysics: An interesting model of our solar system’s path as it travels through space in the Milky Way. Certainly a departure from usual models that show the Sun as a static object, which it certainly isn’t

e4rleb1rd:

physicsphysics:

An interesting model of our solar system’s path as it travels through space in the Milky Way.

Certainly a departure from usual models that show the Sun as a static object, which it certainly isn’t

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May 24, 2013

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May 24, 2013
A diver has a very personal moment of dejection at the bottom of the pool during the 2012 CCCA Swimming and Diving State Championships at East Los Angeles College Swim Stadium on Thursday, April 26, 2012 in Monterey Park, CA. (Photo by Suzanne Tylander © 2012) This particular photo represents an emotional moment rarely caught underwater. This particular diver was expected to win the entire event. The diver knew as soon as he hit the water his form was flawed and that he might have just lost it all. I was fortunate enough to witness this moment as it was unfolding underwater. I captured the sequence of emotion just a split second after he hit the water and began to sink to the bottom with a sense of defeat written in his body language This was the image I chose from the series. I have felt this emotion and disappointment before as many athletes do. My chance to capture it underwater was rare but beautiful. It is a moment no competitive athlete wants to relive but something important that many of us can relate to. It is raw and human and real.

A diver has a very personal moment of dejection at the bottom of the pool during the 2012 CCCA Swimming and Diving State Championships at East Los Angeles College Swim Stadium on Thursday, April 26, 2012 in Monterey Park, CA. (Photo by Suzanne Tylander © 2012) This particular photo represents an emotional moment rarely caught underwater. This particular diver was expected to win the entire event. The diver knew as soon as he hit the water his form was flawed and that he might have just lost it all. I was fortunate enough to witness this moment as it was unfolding underwater. I captured the sequence of emotion just a split second after he hit the water and began to sink to the bottom with a sense of defeat written in his body language This was the image I chose from the series. I have felt this emotion and disappointment before as many athletes do. My chance to capture it underwater was rare but beautiful. It is a moment no competitive athlete wants to relive but something important that many of us can relate to. It is raw and human and real.

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May 24, 2013

221b-mine-please:

pirenstoletheimpala:

mycroft-queenofcake:

iamjayse:

thenerdfighterkid:

slydig:

tsarbucks:

slydig:

dont be mean 

be median or mode

damn math fandom bloggers

shut up we have a good range of jokes

this is our domain

guys we’re forgetting the point of this post and going off on a tangent

Are you all done cos I’ve had enough of this by now

Damn math fandom bloggers

get real, guys. don’t be too complex, alright?

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May 24, 2013
steelopus: crookedindifference: The Engine Burns Blue This image shows a cutting-edge solar-electric propulsion thruster in development at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., that uses xenon ions for propulsion. An earlier version of this solar-electric propulsion engine has been flying on NASA’s Dawn mission to the asteroid belt. This engine is being considered as part of the Asteroid Initiative, a proposal to robotically capture a small near-Earth asteroid and redirect it safely to a stable orbit in the Earth-moon system where astronauts can visit and explore it. This image was taken through a porthole in a vacuum chamber at JPL where the ion engine is being tested. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech I spend half my time at work on ion propulsion so I’m into this NASA image of the day. I love when Science Fiction becomes just Science.

steelopus:

crookedindifference:

The Engine Burns Blue
This image shows a cutting-edge solar-electric propulsion thruster in development at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., that uses xenon ions for propulsion. An earlier version of this solar-electric propulsion engine has been flying on NASA’s Dawn mission to the asteroid belt.

This engine is being considered as part of the Asteroid Initiative, a proposal to robotically capture a small near-Earth asteroid and redirect it safely to a stable orbit in the Earth-moon system where astronauts can visit and explore it. This image was taken through a porthole in a vacuum chamber at JPL where the ion engine is being tested.

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

I spend half my time at work on ion propulsion so I’m into this NASA image of the day.

I love when Science Fiction becomes just Science.

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May 24, 2013
this is what dreaaaams are made offfff

this is what dreaaaams are made offfff

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May 24, 2013
inothernews: MAY THE BRICKS BE WITH YOU  A scale model of an X-Wing fighter, made from more than five million Lego bricks, went on display in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday.  It’s 11 feet tall, 43 feet long and 44 feet wide, it’s the largest Lego model ever built.  Coming soon: a life-size Lego Jar Jar Binks to ruin everything.  (Photo: Emmanuel Dunand / AFP-Getty via The Telegraph)

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MAY THE BRICKS BE WITH YOU  A scale model of an X-Wing fighter, made from more than five million Lego bricks, went on display in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday.  It’s 11 feet tall, 43 feet long and 44 feet wide, it’s the largest Lego model ever built.  Coming soon: a life-size Lego Jar Jar Binks to ruin everything.  (Photo: Emmanuel Dunand / AFP-Getty via The Telegraph)

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May 24, 2013

Incidental Comics by Grant Snider [website | tumblr | twitter]

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May 23, 2013
3-D Printed Splint Saves Baby’s Life

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by Txchnologist Staff

It’s hard to imagine something so simple could save a child’s life. But that’s exactly what this small device built on 3-D printer did. University of Michigan doctors designed and implanted the tracheal splint inside Kaiba Gionfriddo, now 20 months old. 

The tiny collar was made to treat Kaiba’s tracheobronchomalacia, a condition where the airways collapse when breathing or coughing. It was created directly from a CT scan of the collapsed area using a laser-based 3-D printer. The printer constructed the splint using polycaprolactone, a biodegradable polyester that is slowly absorbed by the body over a few years. It was sewn around the airway to keep it open and give support so more tissue could grow.

The doctors described their groundbreaking treatment in New England Journal of Medicine letter published on May 23.

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May 23, 2013
crookedindifference: In a sketch prepared in November 1964, Dr. Wernher von Braun envisioned developing a Saturn V S-II Stage into a space station.

crookedindifference:

In a sketch prepared in November 1964, Dr. Wernher von Braun envisioned developing a Saturn V S-II Stage into a space station.

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